Thursday, May 5, 2016

Ortho update

   We had Celina's Ortho appointment yesterday to look at her spine. Let me start off by saying I left extremely irritated and frustrated. No exaggeration, the doctor saw us for MAYBE 5 min and told us to come back in four months. What he did tell us could have been said over the phone!! We had to drive an hour to St.Paul, pay for parking, get lunch, Interrupt the entire day for a 5 min appointment!!!???? I was livid!!! Anyways. What the doctor DID say was she does have what he calculated as a 25 degree curve but is hoping that in four months she gains some muscle tone and wont need a brace. If thats the case he wont need to see her until she reaches adolescence (when she will hit a growth spurt and her curve may increase significantly). If her curve jumps into the 30s by next appointment they will move forward with braces or something of the sort. So it wasnt bad news!!! I just worry about the possibility it may curve worse and its irreversible! Still. All of this could have been said over the phone! He looked at her back for about 30 seconds not even taking her shirt off. I've just got enough running around to do that this felt like a waste of time. Sept 7th we go back in, they will take more x-rays and we go from there!!

2 comments:

  1. Im sorry!:( VERY FRUSTRATING! Good news on the brace deal though. Lets just hope it doesnt get worse.

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  2. Im sorry!:( VERY FRUSTRATING! Good news on the brace deal though. Lets just hope it doesnt get worse.

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